# 2008 Presidential Election Results Thread. See it here as they come in. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031 "2008-11-04T12:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 36
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/701 "2008-11-05T04:28:50Z")
Two comments that I find very true: > [@Megan McArdle](#): > > Whether or not you are for Obama, the candidate, I think you have to admit that there is one pretty exciting thing happening today: we will never again live in an America where a black man can’t be elected president. > [@an Instapundit reader](#): > > I think one take away from this election cycle is that never again will two white men ever be successful running for President and Vice President. I think this election has changed all that permanently. For better or worse we now will have at least one woman and one minority person on one of the major parties ticket, perhaps even in the same person and anything other than that will be seen as somehow out of touch or not very representative of America. The amazing thing is this all happened without anyone really noticing it. I certainly hope he’s right. Congratulations to Obama. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/702 "2008-11-05T04:28:55Z")
I’m not a very emotional person, but I have tears in my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/703 "2008-11-05T04:29:09Z")
I have to say, the sentiments from outside the US on this post are really something I willl remember from this night as much as anything else…thank you, all. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/704 "2008-11-05T04:29:29Z")
Palin isn’t going to speak? Thank you, McCain Campaign. Hopefully, we’ll never have to hear from her again. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/705 "2008-11-05T04:29:32Z")
**Florida** ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/706 "2008-11-05T04:29:33Z")
A gracious speech from McCain. Where was this McCain during these last few months? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/707 "2008-11-05T04:29:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Is it common to hear booing during concession speeches? I didn’t bother to watch Kerry’s, and of course Gore’s was a bit late. Not like that–they ran an ugly, polarizing campaign and it shows. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/708 "2008-11-05T04:30:15Z")
Crowds outside the White House are cheering! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/709 "2008-11-05T04:30:34Z")
> [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](#): > > 2% of precincts reporting, 8 is passing at 57% > > [http://elections.cbslocal.com/cbs/kpix/20081104/race1009.shtml](http://elections.cbslocal.com/cbs/kpix/20081104/race1009.shtml) Well, fuck. Oh well. Here comes Olbermann to speak for us. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/710 "2008-11-05T04:30:55Z")
John McCain, I salute you. Gov. Palin, get the fuck out and don’t come back! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/711 "2008-11-05T04:32:15Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > He almost seems relieved, doesn’t he? Wouldn’t you be? He doesn’t have to worry about dying in office and having future generations of children growing up amongst the glowing ruins and being taught to curse his name. Cariboo Barbie will never even lay eyes on the football. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/712 "2008-11-05T04:32:17Z")
we the people in order to form a more perfect union, have elected barack obama for president of these united states! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/713 "2008-11-05T04:32:24Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > John McCain, I salute you. > Gov. Palin, get the fuck out and don’t come back! Hush. It’s over now. Channel a little of the new old McCain. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/714 "2008-11-05T04:33:10Z")
> [@Queen\_Bruin](#): > > A gracious speech from McCain. Where was this McCain during these last few months? Concession speeches are generally not considered effective ways of winning votes. 🙂 McCain is classier, it seems, than many of the people who voted for him. It was a very honorable and gracious speech. ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/715 "2008-11-05T04:34:05Z")
Cool, they were playing the Crimson Tide theme song as McCain left the stage. Now I feel bad for the old bastard. Damnit. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/716 "2008-11-05T04:34:42Z")
**West Coast** **Colorado** ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/717 "2008-11-05T04:34:43Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > The footage of the celebration at Spelman College, as well as Jesse Jackson crying in Grant Park, have me quite choked up. > > McCain’s concession speech is pretty good too, except the whole dig about associations. For some reason, I didn’t interpret that as a dig against Obama, but rather, as a dig against the “associations” tactic his campaign had been engaged in in recent weeks. But I’m a softie who generally interprets people in the kindest possible way so I may be biased. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/718 "2008-11-05T04:34:55Z")
There’s the John McCain I respected in 2000. Call me naive, but I think he’ll be true to his word. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/719 "2008-11-05T04:35:51Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > Booing is always part of the losing crowd. > > Don’t blame McCain for his supporters booing. He’s trying to stop them. I really like the speech. Good on him. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/720 "2008-11-05T04:36:23Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Palin isn’t going to speak? Thank you, McCain Campaign. Hopefully, we’ll never have to hear from her again. Boy, wouldn’t that be nice? I predict, though, that she’ll be an early also-ran in 2012 primaries. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=37)